The Ethics of Interdependence

Global Human Rights and Duties

In this powerful book, William F. Felice argues that a new range of human rights duties for individuals, nation states, and global institutions has emerged in our modern interconnected era. He explores new global human rights duties through four case studies: mass incarceration in the United States, LGBT rights in Africa, women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, and environmental rights in China. Felice presents a “human rights threshold” to identify unacceptable levels of human suffering that require urgent action by individuals, nations, and global institutions.